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MNRE targets capacity addition of 118 MW under phase-III of Decentralized Solar Program : Policies and Programmes
CERC amends interstate open access regulations : Regulations
Himachal Pradesh approves Rs 2.24 billion programme for setting up agricultural solar pumps : Regulations
SECI cancels Mahoba Solar’s (Adani) 300 MW project : Projects
NTPC auctions 2 GW of solar capacity : Projects
Ciel et Terre Opens Floating Solar Manufacturing Unit in India : Projects
Hutti Gold Mines invites RfP bids for 14 MW Raichur Solar PV Power Project : Projects
Germany and India sign agreement to fund renewable power projects : Financings
MoF defers safeguard duty on solar panels and modules : Policies and Programmes
MNRE removes the term “battery” to broaden the definition of “storage” in its wind-solar hybrid policy : Policies and Programmes

Big Goals
Update on Saubhagya implementation

April 2018

The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya) was launched on September 25, 2017, with the aim of providing electricity to every willing household in rural and urban areas by March 2019. The scheme […]

Right to Light
Solar study lamp scheme brightens the future of students in villages

April 2018

It is pitch dark as we near Nagwa village, 150 km from Varanasi. No lights emanate from any of the hamlets that we cross. Then, we see a bunch of barefoot boys and girls emerge […]

Rehal Case Study
Solar power transforms lives in an off-grid hamlet

April 2018

It takes more than two hours of a back-breaking drive of just 28 km on a bumpy, winding kuchha road from Rohtas to reach Rehal, situated at a height of 2,400 feet above sea level […]

Rural Electrification
Progress so far

April 2018